Commercial.

Evening Star, Issue 2832, 16 March 1872, Page 2

Commercial.

The amount ol revenue received at the Cus-tom-heuse' on goods cleared for consumption to-day. van £164 13s 7d. Town brands of flour meet with a good trade sale at LI2. Inferior kinds are dull at L 9. Bran, in trade lots, is moving at L 3 to L 3 ss. Pollard is scarce at L 4. Provincial potatoes are well supplied ; the price of good sorts is L 6, Australian samples may be had at L 4 10 to L 5. Prime milling wheat is in active demand at 4s 6d. A few parcels have changed hands at rather higher rates. Fowl wheat is selling at 3s, Oats are very dull : feeding lots are offered at Is 9d to Is lOd. The price for good milling is 2s to 2s 2d. Malting barley is scarce ; buyers are offering 4s 6d, but holders are wanting ss. Feeding sorts are not wanted. Straw, L2 10s. Hay, L 3 10s. Chaff, L 3 10s. A. Mercer reports for the week ending March 16Retail prices—Fresh butter, in £lb. and 11b. prints, best quality, Is per lb. ; second quality, lOd per lb. ; fresh butter in lumps, lOd per lb ; powdered and salted butter, lOd per lb. Butter is at present very plentiful; salt butter, in kegs, 9d. There ha# been a great improvement in the

cheese,, market, and from advices from Canterbury prices have advanced considerably, and still have an upward 'tendency. Best quality is from 6d t > 8d per lb ; second quality, 6d per lb. Side and rolled bacon, 9d to lOd per lb. Colonial hams, Is per lb. E./gs are very plentiful this week, and selling at Is 3d per dozen. The various privileges connected with the forthcoming races were sold by auction te-day, and realised the following prices L 230, the gates, \V. E. Couzens; L 97 10s, the Grand Stand, E. Pritchard; L 26, saddling paddock, W. M‘Donald ; L 5, stabling, S, Powell; L 56 each, Grand Stand booths No. 1 and 2, George Doiismi; L 24, booth No. 3, Patrick Fagan ; L 25, booth No. 4, James Watson; L2G, booth No. 5, Francis Porter ; L2B 10s, race cards, Driscoll and l.angley; total, L 574 The total price realised last year was L 419, the gates ouly fetching Ll9O.